Mascot is a very small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 2,760 people and just one neighborhood, Mascot is the 182nd largest community in Tennessee. Much of the housing stock in Mascot was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Mascot economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Mascot, where the median household income is $44,955.00.
Unlike some towns, Mascot isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Mascot are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Mascot is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mascot who work in healthcare (15.53%), office and administrative support (15.07%), and sales jobs (10.91%).
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Mascot is worth considering.
Mascot is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of adults in Mascot with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 14.56% of adults in Mascot have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Mascot in 2022 was $27,314, which is middle income relative to Tennessee, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $109,256 for a family of four. However, Mascot contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Mascot is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Mascot home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mascot residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Mascot include Irish, German, Dutch, Italian, and English.
The most common language spoken in Mascot is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Mascot, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Mascot are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 76.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 12.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 55.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 33.0% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 23.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (22.1%), and 19.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.1% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Mascot, TN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (14.7%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (11.5%), and residents who report English roots (7.3%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (3.8%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (3.4%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (38.5% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (82.3%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (13.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.